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jessica yellin, thank you. appreciate that. >>> if you want to continue to watch live, hit us up at cnn.com/live for our live events. and look at this, coming up, another great debate. the next one is convenient vice president joe biden and mitt romney's running mate paul ryan. and, of course, we have got you covered. catch all the action next thursday, thursday night here on cnn, as well as cnn.com. all the action gets under way 7:00 eastern time live. i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. these appliances could have been made here in america. but a company called global tech maximized profits by paying its workers next to nothing... under sweatshop conditions in china. when mitt romney led bain, they saw global tech as a good investment... even knowing that the firm promoted its practice of exploiting... low-wage labor to its investors. mitt romney - tough on china? since when? >>> reaction from the white house to that all important jobs number. the report for september reads a lot like the white hoe
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chief white house correspondent jessica yellin sat down for an exclusive interview with the first lady of the united states and her brother, craig. and just before that first high stakes presidential debate. >> how do you do? nice to see you. >> so nice to see you. >> reporter: we sat down with michelle obama and her brother, craig, before that first high stakes presidential debate. as the president told the world, it fell on a big day for the first couple. >> there are a lot of points i want to make tonight, but the most important one is that 20 years ago i became the luckiest man on earth because michelle obama agreed to marry me. and so i just want to wish, sweetie, you, happy anniversary and let you know a year from now we will not be celebrating it in front of 40 million people. >> i wonder if in your wildest dreams you would ever imagine you would be spending your 20th wedding anniversary on a double date with the romneys. >> yeah, no, i can't say that this would have been the plan 20 years ago. and in fact, you know, i told barack, you know, attending a presidential debate on my
chief white house correspondent jessica yellin sat down for an exclusive interview with the first lady of the united states and her brother, craig. and just before that first high stakes presidential debate. >> how do you do? nice to see you. >> so nice to see you. >> reporter: we sat down with michelle obama and her brother, craig, before that first high stakes presidential debate. as the president told the world, it fell on a big day for the first couple. >> there are...
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jessica yellin with so much of this in her head from last night as well and moving on now to where we go from here. clearly some of those numbers that i just put up on the board are good news for the president, some of those numbers are not such good news for the president. so where do these candidates take what happened last night, how it's been chewed up and spat out today and move on to next week? >> reporter: they're looking ahead to the next polling to see how it is digested by voters. here is a sneak peek what's to come. out of this debate here's what can you expect from the romney campaign. they will continue to go after president obama on changing statements on libya and what sparked those attacks. they believe that wild president obama won the skirmish, may have won the skirmish last night on the exact phrasing he used in the rose garden, there's still many more questions to be answered about the white house's reaction, so expect that to continue as a battle and then expect the romney campaign to also press on the president's pension. on the other side of the aisle, expect pr
jessica yellin with so much of this in her head from last night as well and moving on now to where we go from here. clearly some of those numbers that i just put up on the board are good news for the president, some of those numbers are not such good news for the president. so where do these candidates take what happened last night, how it's been chewed up and spat out today and move on to next week? >> reporter: they're looking ahead to the next polling to see how it is digested by...
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larger issue, that mitt romney isn't a natural advocate in his bones for women in the workplace. >> jessica yellin, jim acosta, thanks. follow me on twitter, i'll be sweeting. late word of a terror suspect in custody, allegedly with ties to al qaeda. caught authorities say in what he believed to be the act of setting off a massive bomb in new york. we have more on that, tonight. [ male announcer ] this is joe woods' first day of work. and his new boss told him two things -- cook what you love, and save your money. joe doesn't know it yet, but he'll work his way up from busser to waiter to chef before opening a restaurant specializing in fish and game from the great northwest. he'll start investing early, he'll find some good people to help guide him, and he'll set money aside from his first day of work to his last, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. high up in the atlas mountains of morocco. have you seen this road we're going down? ♪ there is no relief for the brakes. we'll put them to the test today. all right, let's move out! [ ross ] we're pushing
larger issue, that mitt romney isn't a natural advocate in his bones for women in the workplace. >> jessica yellin, jim acosta, thanks. follow me on twitter, i'll be sweeting. late word of a terror suspect in custody, allegedly with ties to al qaeda. caught authorities say in what he believed to be the act of setting off a massive bomb in new york. we have more on that, tonight. [ male announcer ] this is joe woods' first day of work. and his new boss told him two things -- cook what you...
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. >>> joining us for more on how the two campaigns are handling there, jim akoss to and jessica yellin. is the campaign concerned about the binder controversy? >> well, anderson, i think it's worth noting what mitt romney did and did not talk about at his first post-debate speech earlier today in chesapeake, virginia. he did not talk about that dustup about himself and the president over what happened in benghazi. he did make reference to women voters in his speech in chesapeake. he says the president has failed america's women. that appeared to be a pretty blatant appeal to female voters in the audience there and all across the country. and anderson, late in the day, he sent out a tweet of a web video featuring members of his cabinet back in massachusetts when he was governor there that were women. one of the women on that cabinet said, in that web video, that mitt romney understands working women. and keep in mind that he made this response. he made these remarks about binders full of women in response to a question about the lilly ledbetter act, which is supposed to be an act for ma
. >>> joining us for more on how the two campaigns are handling there, jim akoss to and jessica yellin. is the campaign concerned about the binder controversy? >> well, anderson, i think it's worth noting what mitt romney did and did not talk about at his first post-debate speech earlier today in chesapeake, virginia. he did not talk about that dustup about himself and the president over what happened in benghazi. he did make reference to women voters in his speech in chesapeake....
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jessica yellin, john king, thank you. >>> a lot more in politics ahead. let me know what you think about where the race is now. follow me on twitter. i'm tweeting tonight. >>> up next, more on the catch phrases from last night's debate that got a lot of people talking. >> governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military's changed. >> president obama firing back at mitt romney, who says there's not enough u.s. navy ships. governor of virginia, a republican, is siding with mitt romney in a big way, saying that president obama was actually insulting navy personnel with his statement. obviously virginia, his state is home to the largest naval station in the world. we check the number of u.s. navy ships and what we discovered may actually surprise you when we continue. years ago, my doctor told me to take a centrum silver multivitamin every day. i told him, sure. can't hurt, right? then i heard this news about a multivitamin study looking at long-term health benefits for men over 50. the one they used in that study... centrum
jessica yellin, john king, thank you. >>> a lot more in politics ahead. let me know what you think about where the race is now. follow me on twitter. i'm tweeting tonight. >>> up next, more on the catch phrases from last night's debate that got a lot of people talking. >> governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military's changed. >> president obama firing back at mitt romney, who says there's not enough u.s. navy ships. governor...
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so is jessica yellin. gloria borger joins us as well. president obama's campaign could not like these numbers. we should ignore national polls but these are state polls we're looking at. romney has either closed the gap or is ahead. what do they make of that? >> anderson, i can feel you smile when i tell you this but they say they don't look at public polls at all either now. one advisor told me that they are -- there are so many polls out there that they have a broken clock effect now. they are right twice a day. another told me there are so many public polls out there, soon there will be an outback steakhouse poll. look, the bottom line is what they are paying attention to, they say, i'm just reporting here, is they pay attention to their internal polling. those are the polls that campaign conducts because, and they tend to be much more accurate to be truthful, than the public polls because they spend so much money and time on them. they get into the granular details. but we don't know what's really in them. we can just trust what they
so is jessica yellin. gloria borger joins us as well. president obama's campaign could not like these numbers. we should ignore national polls but these are state polls we're looking at. romney has either closed the gap or is ahead. what do they make of that? >> anderson, i can feel you smile when i tell you this but they say they don't look at public polls at all either now. one advisor told me that they are -- there are so many polls out there that they have a broken clock effect now....
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jessica, let's starts in the midwest, iowa, wisconsin. the president has a small but consistent lead from the romney campaign's perspective in ohio. how much of the midwest at the heart of the obama path to 270? >> they -- well, they are relying on it pretty confidently, john. they feel good about those states. they think because the unemployment picture is improving there, in many of those states it's actually lower than when the president came into office, because the auto bailout worked for so many of the voters in ohio, also you can look at michigan but even especially in ohio, and because he has an advantage if you look at the latest polling in iowa and wisconsin among women voters in particular, they feel strong that the president has a good shot there and it's part of his firewall against some of these other potential losses in the states you were looking at earlier, for example, florida and north carolina. >> so jim, she uses the term firewall. what's the feeling inside the romney campaign? they have to feel a little better about
jessica, let's starts in the midwest, iowa, wisconsin. the president has a small but consistent lead from the romney campaign's perspective in ohio. how much of the midwest at the heart of the obama path to 270? >> they -- well, they are relying on it pretty confidently, john. they feel good about those states. they think because the unemployment picture is improving there, in many of those states it's actually lower than when the president came into office, because the auto bailout...
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why they are hitting so hardest personally on contraception issue. >> jessica, thank you. from one part of the spin room to another part. jim acosta with bobby jindal, a major supporter. >> that's right, wolf this is governor jindal's first after answer in a post debate spin room. we appreciate your time. i'm sure you feel governor romney won the first debate. tonight did he go 2-2. >> absolutely. president obama spent no time at all speaking on any specific plans, and one of the telling questions, was i voted for you four years ago, why should i vote for you now? look at all of the broken promises. he promised he would cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term, hasn't dup that. promised to get the economy turned around, in three years, 23 million under employed/unemployed americans. and broken promise after broken promise. not once did he said what he would do in the second term. the other point was very powerful, talking about the libya situation. the president owes us a clear explanation of what happened there, and to make sure it doesn't happen again, and we
why they are hitting so hardest personally on contraception issue. >> jessica, thank you. from one part of the spin room to another part. jim acosta with bobby jindal, a major supporter. >> that's right, wolf this is governor jindal's first after answer in a post debate spin room. we appreciate your time. i'm sure you feel governor romney won the first debate. tonight did he go 2-2. >> absolutely. president obama spent no time at all speaking on any specific plans, and one of...
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jessica yellin, thanks so much. then there was that interesting question about how governor romney is different from george w. bush. >> governor romney, i am an undecided voter because i'm disappointed with the lack of progress i've seen in the last four years. however, i do attribute much of america's economic and international problems to the failings and missteps of the bush administration. since both you and president bush are republicans, i fear a return to the policies of those years should you win this election. what is the biggest difference between you and george w. bush? and how do you differentiate yourself from george w. bush? >> president bush and i are different people and these are different times and that's why my five-point plan is so different than what he would have done. i'll crack down on china. president bush didn't. i'm going to get us to a balanced budget, president bush didn't. president obama was right. he said that that was outrageous to have deficits as high as half a trillion dollars und
jessica yellin, thanks so much. then there was that interesting question about how governor romney is different from george w. bush. >> governor romney, i am an undecided voter because i'm disappointed with the lack of progress i've seen in the last four years. however, i do attribute much of america's economic and international problems to the failings and missteps of the bush administration. since both you and president bush are republicans, i fear a return to the policies of those...
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jessica yellin. to you, have you senator rob portman, the individual who helped mitt romney, played the president of the united states in the debate preparation sessions. >> that's right. senator rob portman from ohio is with me. have you been prepping mitt romney for the past several weeks. what is your assessment of the night? did the preparation pay off? >> jim, a terrific night for mitt romney. for the undecided voter in ohio, they were looking for two things, one, a discussion about the record of the last four years, and why we can't afford it for the next four. and most importantly, talked about his own policies and set the record straight on some of the misleading ads that the obama campaign has put out about his tax plan, budget plan, health care plan, so on. he did exactly what he had to do for undecided voters, really pleased with his performance. >> what about the line from the president that mitt romney has not offered enough specifics? and if the specifics were so great, he would be reve
jessica yellin. to you, have you senator rob portman, the individual who helped mitt romney, played the president of the united states in the debate preparation sessions. >> that's right. senator rob portman from ohio is with me. have you been prepping mitt romney for the past several weeks. what is your assessment of the night? did the preparation pay off? >> jim, a terrific night for mitt romney. for the undecided voter in ohio, they were looking for two things, one, a discussion...
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jessica yellin. >> i get so nervous at these debates and you know, i'm like one of those parents watching their kid on the balance beam. just standing there just trying not to, you know, have any expression at all. >> ann romney revealed to our gloria borger that she helped reassure her husband during past debates. >> and almost after every answer that he gives, he'll find me in the audience to see, was that good? was that okay? >> we're going to have much more on those interviews with michelle and ann as we count down to the debate. we're mobilizing the full resources of cnn for our coverage tonight. let's bring in and erson cooper. >> it's going to be an exciting night and during the debate, we are going to clock the candidates to see how much time they get to talk overall about each issue and we'll get immediate reaction to what president obama and governor romney are are saying from a focus group of undecided colorado voters. their responses will look like that on screen. you see them at the bott
jessica yellin. >> i get so nervous at these debates and you know, i'm like one of those parents watching their kid on the balance beam. just standing there just trying not to, you know, have any expression at all. >> ann romney revealed to our gloria borger that she helped reassure her husband during past debates. >> and almost after every answer that he gives, he'll find me in the audience to see, was that good? was that okay? >> we're going to have much more on those...
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holtz-akin, and white house correspondent jackie kol linz, and cnn's chief white house correspondent jessica yellin. i'm candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." >>> it was not unanimous, but there was overwhelming consensus among viewers and pundits that mitt romney shined in denver's debate season opener and the president did not. the new yorker magazine summed it up with a cover cartoon of romney debating an empty chair. the captain "mitt stands alone." campaigns are only as good as their last news cycle, so on to danville, kentucky, and thursday night's battle of the number twos. joining me now are philadelphia mayor michael nutter, a long-time friend of joe biden, and republican party chairman -- a confidant of paul ryan. mayor nutter, stand by with me, and i want to get to the party chairman, and we'll be back with you. mr. chairman, thank you for joining us. i want to talk about the great burden of great expectations. there was a cnn poll, and who is going to win the vice presidential debate? the answer was biden, 35%, ryan, 55%. many many ways this mirrors what happened to th
holtz-akin, and white house correspondent jackie kol linz, and cnn's chief white house correspondent jessica yellin. i'm candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." >>> it was not unanimous, but there was overwhelming consensus among viewers and pundits that mitt romney shined in denver's debate season opener and the president did not. the new yorker magazine summed it up with a cover cartoon of romney debating an empty chair. the captain "mitt stands alone."...
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jessica yellin is our chief white house correspondent. ron brownstein is the editorial director for the national journal. let's start with substance. there's been a lot of talk about style. i want you to listen to how each of the men handled the issue of libya, something that's in the news right now, and that deadly attack on the u.s. consulate. listen. >> this is becoming more troubling by the day. they first blamed the youtube video. now they're trying to blame the romney/ryan ticket for making this an issue. >> we weren't told they wanted more security. we did not know they wanted more security again. and, by the way, at the time, we were told exactly -- we said exactly what the intelligence community told us, that they knew. >> jessica, this is an issue that the white house and the campaign are going to have to deal with now through november and beyond. and a lot of people were paying attention to what joe biden had to say and many people said, you know what? he didn't really score so well there. >> reporter: well, on that case, yeah,
jessica yellin is our chief white house correspondent. ron brownstein is the editorial director for the national journal. let's start with substance. there's been a lot of talk about style. i want you to listen to how each of the men handled the issue of libya, something that's in the news right now, and that deadly attack on the u.s. consulate. listen. >> this is becoming more troubling by the day. they first blamed the youtube video. now they're trying to blame the romney/ryan ticket...
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>> reporter: a little quieter here, carol, than where jessica is. i can ask people to yell and scream but basically we're packing and up getting out of the debate site. he played it safe, did no harm. that's the way governor romney played it in the dough bait last night. did it work? it seems to have worked. look at our post debate poll of watchers, among dough bait watchers it was a draw. i guess that play it safe, do no harm approach worked. he also passed the commander in chief test, it appears. that's very important, especially going up against the incumbent president. the president and mitt romney were pretty close to each other when debate watchers were asked if romney was able to serve as commander in chief. that is, i guess, another strength as well. one more strength under president obama's skin on the apologies, when he went after the president for what he said was the president apologizing for the united states. that was one moment in the debate where mitt romney got under the president's skin. the romney campaign came out with that ad. t
>> reporter: a little quieter here, carol, than where jessica is. i can ask people to yell and scream but basically we're packing and up getting out of the debate site. he played it safe, did no harm. that's the way governor romney played it in the dough bait last night. did it work? it seems to have worked. look at our post debate poll of watchers, among dough bait watchers it was a draw. i guess that play it safe, do no harm approach worked. he also passed the commander in chief test,...